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l mounted on shaftsf, f; 1 t f The sections of thebed c, are formed with @flanges g, g, so as to form a sort of endless umransmrs MET INCE.

. JACOBNA. ooNovER, or NEW vonk, N. Y.

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speicaeia of Letteis Patent N0..:1a`,s57, dated iyrayi, isst.`

To alliwiwm #may concern? i y t l Be itfknown ithatI;V JAooBA. CoNovnn, ofthe city," county, and` State of New York,

halve invented ak ncvvvand vImproved rbi-ne. for Splitting 1.5 Kindling-VVoo'd.* ci

In my said invention-the blocks of wood to ffbe split, `and `which have been previously `sau/'ed` of the requiredf length, are placed `uprighton a movable .platform, bed vor carriage, `which for convenience I prefer to `make in sections linked together in the form `of an endless chainpassing over a suitable t y -table and around wheels or drums at each end. Bylmeans of a suitable 1feed motion the carriage is movedby an intermittent `motion y to carry the blocks formed under the action of splitting knives attached to a stock which i `has a reciprocating zlnotionfatright angles to 'thesurface of` the carriage, to split the blocks as they are brought under the cutters. And as the cutters rise they are cleared lfrom the blocksby aclearing plateplaced above and provided withsuitable apertures l: in which the cutters play freely. And with the view vto the better operationof this clearjing plate and tomake it answerthe addi 3 tional purpose of` a holder its under surface is jprovided with an `elastic" `pad of india rubber or otherelastic substance and the `platereceives anintermittent up and down motion to make it press `upon and hold the blocks during the operation of splitting,

and relieve themfor the feed motion.`

t `In the accompanying drawings a, repre- "sentsa suitable frame, and Y), a table on` p whichslides anendless bedf o, formed in` H `sections `and .l linked `together by chains d,

1at each side, passingjaround suitable polygonalwheels e, e, one set at each end, and

moving trough to receive the blocks of Wood :,to be "split, One ofthe shafts f, `passes lsired to split the wood.,` l

The blocks of wood are held down upon the endless bed during the operation of the cutter' by means ofa plate p, placed above `cleared the plate is then lifted to next feed motion to take place.

I do not confinefmyself to the form of im through iframeland isprovided with a ratchet `wheel h, operatedlb'y a feedhand z', onamvibrating arm j, connected by, a joint link la, `with a lever Z, 'drawn 'in one direction by a spr-ingznt,l and alternately forced in theopposite direction by a cam ln, on t-he driving shaft o. The joint linkc, is lconnle'cted'loy wrist pins which can beshifted in slots in the vibrating arm and lever for the purposetof"adjusting 4the feedfmotion,

which is thus to befimparted to the endless bed, to suitthe size to whichvit `may be dethe bed and suspended by four rods g, g, g, g, working in guides 7', r, and connected in .two "pairsby two crossv braces 8, s, with adjusting nuts t, t, tapped into therods, by which the height of the plate p, above can `be regulatedto suit the various lengths of wood to be split] The two cross braces rest on cams u, u, on the driving` shaft by the rotation of. which the plate is alternately lifted up frommthe blocks of wood to permit the feed motion to take place, and then let down to hold the blocks during the operation of splitting. A sheet of india rubber or other elastic substance e, is secured to the under face of the plate p, to form an elastic pad the better to hold the blocks down onto the bed.

The splitting knives "w, with the edge in` the form of a cross, is secured to a stock adapted to slide between vertical ways y, y, and connected by a rod z, with a crank a, on the driving shaft from which the cutters receive a vertical reciprocating motion. The cutter passes through and works freely in a slot in the plate p.

The blocks of wood are placed upright on the endless bed, and so soon as the plate p, is lifted up, the feed motion takes place, to advance the blocks to the knife.V The plate p, is then permitted to descend onto and4 to hold the blocks in place while theV cutter descends to effect the splitting, and

as the cutter rises the blocks are kept down by the plate p, and when the cutters are knife described and represented, as that can be `changed at pleasure, although I prefer the form described. Nordo I confine mypermit the l self to the use of an endless bed, as a reciprocating bed or carriage will answer the purpose, but not so Well. Nor do I confine myself to the making ot the holding or clearing plate movable, or with an elastic pad on its under surface, as it will answer the purpose of a clearer Without these features which add to it the function of holding down the blocks firmly during the operation of splitting.

It will be obvious to the mechanician that the several parts constituting the said machine may be varied in form or by the substitution of equivalents, and still possess the substantial mode of operation which I have invented.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent isl. The movable bed or carriage for carrying and advancing the blocks of Wood, in combination With the reciprocating cutters operating at rightangles with the surface yof the bed or carriage, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. I also claim, in combination with the bed or carriage and reciprocating cutter substantially as specified the employment of the clearing plate through which the cutters pass, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. And finally I claim, providing the said clearing plate Wit-h an elastic pad, and imparting toit an up and down motion substantially as specified, in its combination with the bed or carriage and reciprocating cutter, as specified, by means of which the said plate under the combination specified performs the double office of holding the blocks and clearing the cutters as specified.

JACOB' A. ooNovER.

1Witnesses WM. H. BISHOP, ANDREW DE LACY. 

